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Hey spacers! How are we doing? It's your host, Luca, along with my co-host AJ. We just watched the fifth episode of The Mandalorian: The Pirate. Honestly, this episode felt like a bit of a filler. Sure, there were cool starships, dogfights, laser blasts, and rockets, but the key story elements were so small that they might have slipped by unnoticed.

The pirates invade, they get defeated—no surprises there. What really caught our attention was the eerie shot of a wrecked Lambda-Class shuttle floating in space, a clear nod to James Cameron's Aliens. The cinematography nailed the haunting vibe, with the R2 unit's blue scanner beam adding to the atmosphere. And can we talk about the Lambda-Class shuttle's design? It's got that perfect mix of bureaucratic efficiency, malice, and terror—classic Empire.

On a more significant note, The Armorer tells Bo-Katan that she did see the Mythosaur and asks her to remove her helmet. She then presents her to the Covert, declaring that Bo-Katan "walks in both worlds" and will unite all Mandalorian tribes. These crucial moments are packed into the last five minutes of the episode.

It's clear why Jon Favreau might be clashing with Disney over the show's direction. Gorian Shard feels like a cookie-cutter Disney villain rather than a Star Wars pirate. That said, the production quality is top-notch. The Cumulus-Class Corsair crashing on Nevarro looked incredible. But seriously, The Armorer's choice of weapons—tongs and a hammer? In a world of lasers and projectiles, it just felt off.

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Hey spacers! How are we doing? It's your host, Luca, along with my co-host AJ. We just watched the fifth episode of The Mandalorian: The Pirate. Honestly, this episode felt like a bit of a filler. Sure, there were cool starships, dogfights, laser blasts, and rockets, but the key story elements were so small that they might have slipped by unnoticed.

The pirates invade, they get defeated—no surprises there. What really caught our attention was the eerie shot of a wrecked Lambda-Class shuttle floating in space, a clear nod to James Cameron's Aliens. The cinematography nailed the haunting vibe, with the R2 unit's blue scanner beam adding to the atmosphere. And can we talk about the Lambda-Class shuttle's design? It's got that perfect mix of bureaucratic efficiency, malice, and terror—classic Empire.

On a more significant note, The Armorer tells Bo-Katan that she did see the Mythosaur and asks her to remove her helmet. She then presents her to the Covert, declaring that Bo-Katan "walks in both worlds" and will unite all Mandalorian tribes. These crucial moments are packed into the last five minutes of the episode.

It's clear why Jon Favreau might be clashing with Disney over the show's direction. Gorian Shard feels like a cookie-cutter Disney villain rather than a Star Wars pirate. That said, the production quality is top-notch. The Cumulus-Class Corsair crashing on Nevarro looked incredible. But seriously, The Armorer's choice of weapons—tongs and a hammer? In a world of lasers and projectiles, it just felt off.

What did you think of the episode? Let us know!

Thanks for tuning in!

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Good evening lads and ladettes. You have tuned in to a Special Edition episode of the podcast.

Let's go back to pre-2015. In 2012, the world has just learned that George Lucas has inked a deal with Disney and sold his life's work for $4,050,000,000. Shortly after learning this, Disney pushed forward and began pre-production on a new film in 2013. For some fans, this was incredible news! While the prequels were seen as a net positive by some, others thought that Lucas had clearly gone mad and was surrounded by too many "yes men" unwilling to disagree with his vision who were just geeked to be working for him. As a result, the opening crawl for Episode I The Phantom Menace read like a boring history lesson rather than an exciting new episode of your favorite space western serial. The special effects flooded the screen and absolutely nothing you saw save, for the actuals had a real world physical equivalent. Even the actors faces were digitally edited out during fight sequences. While a technical achievement on their own thanks to the advancements in computing power and software, there was no wonder in how it was all achieved. Lucas thought it up, and artists drew it up and rendered it on a computer. The digital camera provided by Sony allowed footage to be downloaded and edited much faster. Scenes, characters, backgrounds were all rendered thanks to green screens.

Whereas the originally trilogy employed model makers, carpenters, set designers, painters etc. All of which had to achieve their special effects so the cameras lens could capture it. Stop motion models were built and animated where necessary. All done practically.

The resulting prequels would receive mixed reviews in a lot of outlets. Roger Ebert famously gave Attack of the Clones "thumbs down".

In 2013 we also learn J.J. Abrams is slated to direct and produce the movie. At this point in his career, Abrams had already rebooted another beloved sci-fi franchise. Star Trek. If any of you have seen the movie Fanboys, then you know Star Wars and Star Trek and not allowed to associate, intermingle, or breed with one another. Thus, it is considered a crime against humanity that Abrams would be hired to direct Star Wars.

This would not be the only reason for fan outrage. From what my old, insane roommate told me, Abrams had aroused the ire of Star Wars fans, not for his association with Star Trek but, the tv show Lost. I have never watched Lost. However, it developed a rabid fanbase. The hook of the show asked so many questions and involved so much mystery. Who were these people? Why did they crash? Where are they? Why are they there? By season three rating were starting to wane and, fans were not getting answers to the many questions and mysteries of the show. Eventually, the fans would determine everyone is dead, and they had all been in purgatory the entire time.

The writers of the show, especially David Lindelof, would vehemently deny this. As more seasons were churned out. Fewer questions were answered, more plot holes would pop up. It became clear to the loyal fans the writers had written themselves into a corner and were no longer going to kite the fans around the way they wanted.

With this baggage, it was impressive to see the result of Abrams efforts. John Williams once again does the music. A cast of relatively unknow actors are hired to play the main characters. Several of the previous cast a brought back to continue their story. Abrams evens uses the lens from the original cameras to film the movie to capture as much of the original look and magic George Lucas did in a desert of Tunisia. At this point, Kathleen Kennedy had declared all expanded universe material invalid and non-canon, the writers still manager to steal an idea from the Young Jedi Knights series.

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Another Sunday in the books, and another episode of The Star Wars Re-Watch Podcast goes out into the universe. Hi, I'm your host Luca, and with me is my co-host and best friend AJ.

What can we say about this episode? More than its creators, that's for sure. AJ and I managed to ramble on for over an hour, while the creators barely scraped together 30 minutes.

I do appreciate the legendary Carl Weathers lending a hand (Billy Madison reference) to direct this episode. Of course, it happens to be the shortest episode with virtually no stakes whatsoever.

By far, the most interesting scene involves Grogu, where we get a few snippets of his backstory. Even though he's fifty years old, his memory is already shot, and he cannot tell us anything about who he is or where he came from.

The main story involves one of the apprentices, named Ragnar, being preyed upon by another deadly species near the Mandalorian camp. It seems strange that they can't defend against these threats, considering they know about the giant alligator lizards in the lake right in front of their cave. Additionally, they have avian threats they can't seem to fend off, even though they can fly with their jetpacks. Perhaps they should leave the beast-slaying to other experts and stick to bounty hunting.

As if it was any surprise, Bo-Katan tracks the beast to its nest and earns the honor of leading a hunting/rescue party to save the apprentice. We find out that Ragnar is the son of Paz Vizsla.

We get a fast-paced action sequence where, instead of shooting the beast, they try to immobilize it with grappling hooks. I mentioned to AJ that the problem with everyone wearing similar costumes and helmets is that it's hard to tell what anyone is doing in a given moment. It makes it difficult to know who's doing what.

Our Mandalorian friends rescue Paz Vizsla's son Ragnar and allow the winged beast to be eaten by the gator monster when it plunges into the water in the canyon below. When they return to base, they describe the three adolescent reptile fliers as additional foundlings in need of training.

Did anyone else catch that? What is with this Mandalorian religion? Din Djarin sees potential in Grogu as a Mandalorian, even though he's clearly Force-sensitive and would be best trained as a Jedi. The hunting party sees three winged reptiles and, instead of killing and eating them, sees potential Mandalorian bounty hunters. What's going on here? I thought Mandalorians were supposed to be the deadliest warrior race in the galaxy. Here, we've seen them get owned by stormtroopers and wild animals.

The only scene of importance in this episode was Grogu's flashback to the raid on the Jedi Temple. We also learn that two lightsabers are much more effective at deflecting blaster bolts, as every Jedi with only one gets gunned down. Interestingly, we also learn Grogu is whisked away in a royal Naboo starship, similar to the one Anakin and Padmé used to return to Tatooine. It's curious why that was included—maybe it was just fan service.

Lastly, Bo-Katan confesses to the Armorer that she saw the Mythosaur in the flesh. Looking forward to how that plays out in the future.

Thanks for listening and watching.

-Luca

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Another Sunday in the books, and another episode of The Star Wars Re-Watch Podcast goes out into the universe. Hi, I'm your host Luca, and with me is my co-host and best friend AJ.

What can we say about this episode? More than its creators, that's for sure. AJ and I managed to ramble on for over an hour, while the creators barely scraped together 30 minutes.

I do appreciate the legendary Carl Weathers lending a hand (Billy Madison reference) to direct this episode. Of course, it happens to be the shortest episode with virtually no stakes whatsoever.

By far, the most interesting scene involves Grogu, where we get a few snippets of his backstory. Even though he's fifty years old, his memory is already shot, and he cannot tell us anything about who he is or where he came from.

The main story involves one of the apprentices, named Ragnar, being preyed upon by another deadly species near the Mandalorian camp. It seems strange that they can't defend against these threats, considering they know about the giant alligator lizards in the lake right in front of their cave. Additionally, they have avian threats they can't seem to fend off, even though they can fly with their jetpacks. Perhaps they should leave the beast-slaying to other experts and stick to bounty hunting.

As if it was any surprise, Bo-Katan tracks the beast to its nest and earns the honor of leading a hunting/rescue party to save the apprentice. We find out that Ragnar is the son of Paz Vizsla.

We get a fast-paced action sequence where, instead of shooting the beast, they try to immobilize it with grappling hooks. I mentioned to AJ that the problem with everyone wearing similar costumes and helmets is that it's hard to tell what anyone is doing in a given moment. It makes it difficult to know who's doing what.

Our Mandalorian friends rescue Paz Vizsla's son Ragnar and allow the winged beast to be eaten by the gator monster when it plunges into the water in the canyon below. When they return to base, they describe the three adolescent reptile fliers as additional foundlings in need of training.

Did anyone else catch that? What is with this Mandalorian religion? Din Djarin sees potential in Grogu as a Mandalorian, even though he's clearly Force-sensitive and would be best trained as a Jedi. The hunting party sees three winged reptiles and, instead of killing and eating them, sees potential Mandalorian bounty hunters. What's going on here? I thought Mandalorians were supposed to be the deadliest warrior race in the galaxy. Here, we've seen them get owned by stormtroopers and wild animals.

The only scene of importance in this episode was Grogu's flashback to the raid on the Jedi Temple. We also learn that two lightsabers are much more effective at deflecting blaster bolts, as every Jedi with only one gets gunned down. Interestingly, we also learn Grogu is whisked away in a royal Naboo starship, similar to the one Anakin and Padmé used to return to Tatooine. It's curious why that was included—maybe it was just fan service.

Lastly, Bo-Katan confesses to the Armorer that she saw the Mythosaur in the flesh. Looking forward to how that plays out in the future.

Thanks for listening and watching.

-Luca

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Wow! This episode takes a left turn that seems to split the fanbase—what's left of The Mandalorian fanbase, that is. If memory serves, Ryan Eary at Screen Crush mentions that half the fans seem to have abandoned the series, which is unfortunate. This season, instead of relying on crossing over characters from other series (like Bo-Katan) or blatant fan service (like Luke Skywalker), the creators are taking a huge risk. They are starting to treat the Star Wars franchise similarly to the Marvel franchise. Instead of creating each series in a vacuum, they're zooming out on the galaxy map and finding out where and when these characters could cross paths along the timeline.

Like Marvel Comics heroes, these characters have their own respective villains, friends, teachers, and all manner of acquaintances. These characters also exist in real-world cities like New York and San Francisco. Many believe part of the Marvel franchise's success is due to its characters being based in real places, in contrast to the DC franchise's fictional cities like Metropolis (based on New York) and Gotham (based on Chicago).

Star Wars has no shortage of Expanded Universe characters and storylines to use as a canvas for a television show. I admit my wrong approach to The Mandalorian season three. I was disillusioned by seasons one and two of The Mandalorian, feeling there were too many episodes that didn't add to the story and were simply filler. This is why I didn't even bother to watch The Book of Boba Fett. I had wanted a Boba Fett show the whole time. Instead, we got a show with a guy who looked and acted like Boba Fett. But wait! For two seasons, we were leaving bread crumbs and subtle hints that Boba Fett was there the whole time.

In my opinion, the juice was not worth the squeeze. Of course, AJ and my brother violently disagree. Fine. Let them.

Chapter 19 starts off with an impressive dogfight between Bo-Katan's Kom'rk-Class Fighter/transport "The Gauntlet," Din Djarin's modified "N1" Naboo starfighter, and some Tie Bombers and Tie Interceptors. After that, the story makes a huge departure and follows up with a character from season one, Dr. Penn Pershing. Remember him? If not for his glasses, I wouldn't either. The whole story involves cloning technology he was working on, which was ordered to be destroyed by the New Republic. Instead, we see Pershing attempting to reintegrate into a society free from the tyranny of the Galactic Empire.

However, as a scientist, he cannot bear to see his life's work lost, despite the good it might yield. Here my brother Mike actually makes himself useful. We ask the question, what happened to the Kaminoans and their cloning facilities? According to Star Wars Battlefront II, the CIS launched an attack on Kamino to destroy the Republic's clone-producing facilities. According to Wookieepedia, this first attack took place only two months after the Battle of Geonosis. Only in the series The Bad Batch do we see the cloning facilities on Kamino utterly destroyed by order of Moff Tarkin.

Dr. Pershing and his new friend Elia Kane sneak aboard a decommissioned Star Destroyer to steal lab supplies needed to continue research into cloning. It's here we find out that Elia betrays Dr. Pershing and steals his technology. Only time will tell what she and the New Republic plan to do with it.

Overall, a great episode in my opinion. Why? It took risks. It dared to do something different, even if the storyline is a thinly veiled attempt to retcon The Rise of Skywalker's Clone Emperor plot holes.

Thanks for listening and watching.

-Luca

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Wow! This episode takes a left turn that seems to split the fanbase—what's left of The Mandalorian fanbase, that is. If memory serves, Ryan Eary at Screen Crush mentions that half the fans seem to have abandoned the series, which is unfortunate. This season, instead of relying on crossing over characters from other series (like Bo-Katan) or blatant fan service (like Luke Skywalker), the creators are taking a huge risk. They are starting to treat the Star Wars franchise similarly to the Marvel franchise. Instead of creating each series in a vacuum, they're zooming out on the galaxy map and finding out where and when these characters could cross paths along the timeline.

Like Marvel Comics heroes, these characters have their own respective villains, friends, teachers, and all manner of acquaintances. These characters also exist in real-world cities like New York and San Francisco. Many believe part of the Marvel franchise's success is due to its characters being based in real places, in contrast to the DC franchise's fictional cities like Metropolis (based on New York) and Gotham (based on Chicago).

Star Wars has no shortage of Expanded Universe characters and storylines to use as a canvas for a television show. I admit my wrong approach to The Mandalorian season three. I was disillusioned by seasons one and two of The Mandalorian, feeling there were too many episodes that didn't add to the story and were simply filler. This is why I didn't even bother to watch The Book of Boba Fett. I had wanted a Boba Fett show the whole time. Instead, we got a show with a guy who looked and acted like Boba Fett. But wait! For two seasons, we were leaving bread crumbs and subtle hints that Boba Fett was there the whole time.

In my opinion, the juice was not worth the squeeze. Of course, AJ and my brother violently disagree. Fine. Let them.

Chapter 19 starts off with an impressive dogfight between Bo-Katan's Kom'rk-Class Fighter/transport "The Gauntlet," Din Djarin's modified "N1" Naboo starfighter, and some Tie Bombers and Tie Interceptors. After that, the story makes a huge departure and follows up with a character from season one, Dr. Penn Pershing. Remember him? If not for his glasses, I wouldn't either. The whole story involves cloning technology he was working on, which was ordered to be destroyed by the New Republic. Instead, we see Pershing attempting to reintegrate into a society free from the tyranny of the Galactic Empire.

However, as a scientist, he cannot bear to see his life's work lost, despite the good it might yield. Here my brother Mike actually makes himself useful. We ask the question, what happened to the Kaminoans and their cloning facilities? According to Star Wars Battlefront II, the CIS launched an attack on Kamino to destroy the Republic's clone-producing facilities. According to Wookieepedia, this first attack took place only two months after the Battle of Geonosis. Only in the series The Bad Batch do we see the cloning facilities on Kamino utterly destroyed by order of Moff Tarkin.

Dr. Pershing and his new friend Elia Kane sneak aboard a decommissioned Star Destroyer to steal lab supplies needed to continue research into cloning. It's here we find out that Elia betrays Dr. Pershing and steals his technology. Only time will tell what she and the New Republic plan to do with it.

Overall, a great episode in my opinion. Why? It took risks. It dared to do something different, even if the storyline is a thinly veiled attempt to retcon The Rise of Skywalker's Clone Emperor plot holes.

Thanks for listening and watching.

-Luca

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Another Sunday, another episode of the Star Wars Re-Watch Podcast in the bag. This time, with a very special guest, Kelsey! I'm writing this several days after the first viewing of the episode and only one day after re-watching it a second time. This episode definitely felt longer compared to the first episode of the season.

We mentioned that Din Djarin is given a quest by The Armorer. Here we are in episode two, and he's achieved all of his quest goals. Item one: Secure a droid with atmospheric sensors. Item two: Bathe in the Living Waters in the Mine of Mandalore to redeem himself from his status as an apostate.

Both AJ and I expected this to be dragged out much longer, but the creators kept it focused and wrapped up the quest in this episode. What's interesting is their decision to involve Bo-Katan. I admit, I didn't know anything about Bo-Katan before her debut in season two. I know she's a very popular character from The Clone Wars series, and that's it. Even then, I think I only found that out because people talked about it on YouTube.

Both my brother Mike and AJ speak very highly of the show, so I will have to check it out at some point.

Overall, we thought this was a great episode. It's very dark and moody. It also highlights how much of a badass Bo-Katan is. She's much more perceptive and skilled than Din Djarin. We'll have to see how her involvement in the story plays out in future episodes. The fans seem to like her, and though she's lost all her clan, the writers found a way to keep her involved in Din and Grogu's story.

Another highlight was the jump scare. While not as startling the second time around, the creature design really stands out. Not sure if the character designers were inspired by Warhammer 40k, but AJ and I could definitely see what looks very much like a Necron Canoptek Spyder. There's no fooling nerds like us.

I have to thank AJ for introducing me to the Warhammer 40k universe. He let me borrow his copy of Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War on PC, and the rest was history. Fast forward to the release of Dawn of War: Dark Crusade and the introduction of the Necron as a playable faction. While the Canoptek Spyder hovers rather than uses its limbs, it's still a terrifying presence on the battlefield since they were a heavy melee unit if memory serves. They were also fast, which was helpful compared to the rest of the Necron, which move with a slow, deliberate lumber. I'll post another picture on Twitter. Even the design of this creature's head is similar, with multiple red sensors.

Even if it was inspired by a different sci-fi universe, the cyborg limbs also called back to General Grievous. Grievous's race is known as Kaleesh. His species looks very different from his metal faceplate, yet somewhat similar to the combat masks they wear. Similar to Grievous, it also had some sort of modularity to its design. The head detached from the body, which detached from the Canoptek Spyder, which could also independently operate the Spyder without the rest of the exoskeleton. That was really cool! I'll have to watch some more of Ryan Eary's Spoiler/Easter Egg breakdowns on the series to find out what this thing is, because I've never seen anything like it in any movie, game, or comic I've read.

Overall, a very interesting episode that I'm learning was much more impactful if you've seen the show Clone Wars. I haven't. Shame on me. However, I think some of the flashbacks of the fusion bombing of the planet help emphasize how devastating the bombardment was to the planet and also to the Mandalorians as a people.

Thanks for listening

-Luca

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Another Sunday, another episode of the Star Wars Re-Watch Podcast in the bag. This time, with a very special guest, Kelsey! I'm writing this several days after the first viewing of the episode and only one day after re-watching it a second time. This episode definitely felt longer compared to the first episode of the season.

We mentioned that Din Djarin is given a quest by The Armorer. Here we are in episode two, and he's achieved all of his quest goals. Item one: Secure a droid with atmospheric sensors. Item two: Bathe in the Living Waters in the Mine of Mandalore to redeem himself from his status as an apostate.

Both AJ and I expected this to be dragged out much longer, but the creators kept it focused and wrapped up the quest in this episode. What's interesting is their decision to involve Bo-Katan. I admit, I didn't know anything about Bo-Katan before her debut in season two. I know she's a very popular character from The Clone Wars series, and that's it. Even then, I think I only found that out because people talked about it on YouTube.

Both my brother Mike and AJ speak very highly of the show, so I will have to check it out at some point.

Overall, we thought this was a great episode. It's very dark and moody. It also highlights how much of a badass Bo-Katan is. She's much more perceptive and skilled than Din Djarin. We'll have to see how her involvement in the story plays out in future episodes. The fans seem to like her, and though she's lost all her clan, the writers found a way to keep her involved in Din and Grogu's story.

Another highlight was the jump scare. While not as startling the second time around, the creature design really stands out. Not sure if the character designers were inspired by Warhammer 40k, but AJ and I could definitely see what looks very much like a Necron Canoptek Spyder. There's no fooling nerds like us.

I have to thank AJ for introducing me to the Warhammer 40k universe. He let me borrow his copy of Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War on PC, and the rest was history. Fast forward to the release of Dawn of War: Dark Crusade and the introduction of the Necron as a playable faction. While the Canoptek Spyder hovers rather than uses its limbs, it's still a terrifying presence on the battlefield since they were a heavy melee unit if memory serves. They were also fast, which was helpful compared to the rest of the Necron, which move with a slow, deliberate lumber. I'll post another picture on Twitter. Even the design of this creature's head is similar, with multiple red sensors.

Even if it was inspired by a different sci-fi universe, the cyborg limbs also called back to General Grievous. Grievous's race is known as Kaleesh. His species looks very different from his metal faceplate, yet somewhat similar to the combat masks they wear. Similar to Grievous, it also had some sort of modularity to its design. The head detached from the body, which detached from the Canoptek Spyder, which could also independently operate the Spyder without the rest of the exoskeleton. That was really cool! I'll have to watch some more of Ryan Eary's Spoiler/Easter Egg breakdowns on the series to find out what this thing is, because I've never seen anything like it in any movie, game, or comic I've read.

Overall, a very interesting episode that I'm learning was much more impactful if you've seen the show Clone Wars. I haven't. Shame on me. However, I think some of the flashbacks of the fusion bombing of the planet help emphasize how devastating the bombardment was to the planet and also to the Mandalorians as a people.

-Luca

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Howdy, my fellow Mandalorians! If you're reading this, then you know "this is the way" to lose some brain cells and listen to some thirty-somethings from the Midwest discuss a Disney+ TV show.

We're back in our new, exclusive podcast studio! We recently moved, but we still managed to finish off Andor while setting up the new studio. Some of us were out due to illness, others due to laziness. But not today! The main crew is here: AJ, my brother Mike, and myself just watched the first episode of season three of The Mandalorian, Chapter 17: "The Apostate."

This episode started off with a bang. Even after watching the recap, I realized I definitely need to re-watch seasons 1 & 2 of The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. As we dive into the third season, I want to share my thoughts on the previous seasons. I wasn't as big a fan of The Mandalorian as I was of Andor. We'll delve into that more in this episode.

Bottom line: I wasn't immediately impressed with either season 1 or 2 of The Mandalorian. I'll save my full opinion for a future episode, but in short, we (the fans) wanted a show about Boba Fett. Instead, we got the Mandalorian—a guy who is basically Boba Fett in everything but name, even choosing the same career path. Then came The Book of Boba Fett, and it turns out we actually preferred this unheard-of, nameless, faceless (at the time) bounty hunter who looks like Boba Fett but isn't actually him.

Like any smart company, Disney pivoted and leaned into The Mandalorian because their data suggested that the audience actually preferred it over Boba Fett. I don't envy Disney for trying to make a show about Boba Fett that all fans would love. With his extensive backstory in the Expanded Universe, it would be challenging to honor him without upsetting some of the fanbase. The choice to push forward with The Mandalorian was a smart one.

Here's hoping that Boba Fett makes an appearance and we see more of the most ruthless bounty hunter in the galaxy.

Thanks for listening! We definitely had fun recording this one.

Luca

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